Hiya, Gang.
Even tho I've not had any luck with the Arthur Umanoff thread, maybe you can help me suggestion which floor lamp I should buy.
I have a large living room, all white, with light greyish oatmeal colored carpeting. No overheard lighting. I have a number of lamps, but they all point down and provide specific localized lighting.
I do have a large Bubble cigar lamp, but I use it as a timed night light, flipping on around 5:30PM and going off at 1:30AM. It only provides atmospheric light, really.
My first choice would be a tall lighted column that not only provide torchiere-like light upwards, but also illuminates horizonally. there's lots of expensive choice from Flos and Artemide, but 1) I can't view them here in Minneapolis, and 2) they're all so darn expensive.
I DID see the Elise column lamp at Design Within Reach, but it's base is a bit too narrow comfortably sit on carpet, and heck, it didn't seem too bright.
Any ideas? Thanks for you help in advance!
Hi Barry
I would also go in line of the cylinder/tubular lamps that you said. Clean lines, simple. Any doubts to me.
I been following Pablo,s lamps, and I like many of them.
I had his web-site but I cannot find it now, (may be you could contact directly to him?).
But I also agree the tall floor lamp is unstable, quite sure, because I had some similar. Well if you put it on a corner and no cats near, no problem. But the other problem that I saw it, it's that has only a bulb down in the base: that means a lot of lamp and (although dramatic) too little light, and It,s not what you need.
(check what I said in 'Additional Images/room views' in the DWR link.)
May be you could find one similar but with at least 2 (or better 3) bulbs.
http://www.dwr.com/productdetail.cfm?id=0963
Gustavo
I did consider the Elise lamp - it's really pretty - but two things are a problem;
1) the small footprint makes it not the right lamp for a carpeted floor. I would need the same type of lamp with a wider bottom so it would be safe from tipping over.
2) I saw it light up at my local DWR, and you can really see the light bulbs at the bottom of the shade close to the base. I think I would want a column that illuminates without seeing the bulb "hot spots".
I'm going to go to the Artemide showroom here in town and view some of their stuff.
Artemide Store
Artemide has an online store That has free shipping on a lot of their items, prices are cheaper on some items. Fast shipping too.
http://www.artemidestore.com/
Artemide Pipe Terra
Hi,
I have Pipe Terra, Herzog & De Meuron design - it is a very nice, amazing lamp! It gives good light, it is best when oriented to ceiling or a wall, not really the reading model. The variator (is it called like that, in english?) is integrated in the interuptor, on the middle of the lamp.
I allways imagine that it is a kind of carnivore plant with a mouse blocked somewhere in the middle of it!
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